Poll Watch: PPP (D) 3rd Annual Survey on Trust in Television News

PPP (D) Survey on Trust in TV News

Do you trust PBS, or not?

• Trust it 52% [50%]
• Do not trust it 30% [30%]

Do you trust NBC News, or not?

• Trust it 44% [41%] (35%)
  
• Do not trust it 38% [41%] (44%)

Do you trust CNN, or not?

• Trust it 43% [40%] (39%)
  
• Do not trust it 39% [43%] (41%)

Do you trust Fox News, or not?

• Trust it 45% [42%] (49%)
  
• Do not trust it 42% [46%] (37%)

Do you trust CBS News, or not?

• Trust it 40% [36%] (32%)
• Do not trust it 42% [43%] (46%)

Do you trust ABC News, or not?

• Trust it 37% [35%] (31%)
• Do not trust it 40% [43%] (46%)

Do you trust MSNBC, or not?

• Trust it 38%
• Do not trust it 43%

Do you trust Comedy Central, or not?

• Trust it 28%
• Do not trust it 46%

Which TV news outlet do you trust the most: ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Comedy Central, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC News, or PBS?

• Fox News 34%
• PBS 17%
• CNN 12%
• ABC News 11%
• CBS News 8%
• MSNBC 5%
• Comedy Central 4%
• NBC News 4%

Among Democrats

• PBS 21%
• ABC News 19%
• CNN 17%
• CBS News 12%
• Fox News 9%
• MSNBC 8%
• NBC News 7%
• Comedy Central 3%

Among Republicans

• Fox News 68%
• CNN 8%
• Comedy Central 7%
• PBS 5%
• ABC News 4%
• CBS News 4%
• MSNBC 1%
• NBC News 1%

Among Independents

• Fox News 29%
• PBS 27%
• CNN 12%
• ABC News 9%
• CBS News 5%
• MSNBC 5%
• NBC News 4%
• Comedy Central 2%

Among Moderates

• PBS 25%
• CNN 20%
• ABC News 13%
  
• Fox News 12% 
• CBS News 10%
• NBC News 7% 
• Comedy Central 4%
• MSNBC 3%

Working from the same list of choices, which TV news outlet do you trust the least?

• Fox News 34%
• Comedy Central 16%
• MSNBC 15%
• CNN 11%
• ABC News 7%
• CBS News 5%
• PBS 2%
• NBC News 1%

Survey of 700 likely voters was conducted January 13-16, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3.7 percentage points. Party ID: 41% [40%] (36%) Democrat; 35% [37%] (35%) Republican; 24% [23%] (29%) Independent/Other.  Ideology: 27% Moderate; 25% Somewhat conservative; 20% Somewhat liberal; 19% Very conservative; 8% Very liberal.  Results from the poll conducted January 14-16, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted January 18-19, 2010 are in parentheses.

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